Returned My Pixel XL

[Friendzone]

I'm using an iPhone 7 plus after being a power user on android for the past 8 years with MULTIPLE flagship handsets per year.... I haven't used iTunes once, nor has my iPhone touched a computer. There's no need anymore.

Power use? How about even basic use. Go load a bunch of media files that aren't natively supported by iOS. Now try viewing those files on your iDevice using 2 different apps. That's just one example of a stupidly fundamental activity that any PC or Mac, or Android could easily do but iOS can't even though it's on your device plain as day. There's a good number of simple basic computing tasks where iOS really doesn't live up to the "it just works" motto. Don't get me started on file sharing.
Hell even blackberry and windows phones were able to do this

 

[Go0gle]

I'm sorry to hear you will now be getting quality like this from your camera:

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/im...23&x=-0.9244962406015036&y=0.5203666443103062

Also the iPhone 7 is not at all immune to flare, I have seen it many times already (Sister in Law has an iPhone 7 Plus). It is a property of the lens when presented with an extreme lighting situation (every phone and camera lens does it).

As long as you're happy with your choice

 

[JasW]

I'm sorry to hear you will now be getting quality like this from your camera:

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/im...23&x=-0.9244962406015036&y=0.5203666443103062

Also the iPhone 7 is not at all immune to flare, I have seen it many times already (Sister in Law has an iPhone 7 Plus). It is a property of the lens when presented with an extreme lighting situation (every phone and camera lens does it).

As long as you're happy with your choice

You could have just said, "Bye Felicity."

 

[shook187]

Power use? How about even basic use. Go load a bunch of media files that aren't natively supported by iOS. Now try viewing those files on your iDevice using 2 different apps. That's just one example of a stupidly fundamental activity that any PC or Mac, or Android could easily do but iOS can't even though it's on your device plain as day. There's a good number of simple basic computing tasks where iOS really doesn't live up to the "it just works" motto. Don't get me started on file sharing.
Hell even blackberry and windows phones were able to do this

I'm an Android lifer currently using a iPhone 7+ and i'm not having any issues doing anything you described.

 

[Friendzone]

I'm an Android lifer currently using a iPhone 7+ and i'm not having any issues doing anything you described.

If that's the case then please by all that's holy educate me how. For example if you have a movie file on your computer that's not in an iOS native format, such as .mkv. When you load that movie from your computer through iTunes you have to choose a 3rd party app like VLC on your device screen in iTunes. Then unplug your iPhone and there you see it when you launch VLC.

So what happens when I launch another movie app, say Infuse? Nothing, you don't even see that movie on any other app except VLC.

 

[KillerQ]

I'm an Android lifer currently using a iPhone 7+ and i'm not having any issues doing anything you
described.

The ONLY functionality that i miss is being able to use a YouTube downloader website to download a clip to my phone and send via WhatsApp or email.

I think Documents5, combined with en.savefrom.net did this, but ios10 broke it.

Download YouTube Videos On iOS 9 in HD With Documents 5

If I can nail this task, I'll be 100% happy.

Even if I had the ability to download a movie file directly to a cloud service, and then share from there, I could deal with that.

 

[shook187]

If that's the case then please by all that's holy educate me how. For example if you have a movie file on your computer that's not in an iOS native format, such as .mkv. When you load that movie from your computer through iTunes you have to choose a 3rd party app like VLC on your device screen in iTunes. Then unplug your iPhone and there you see it when you launch VLC.

So what happens when I launch another movie app, say Infuse? Nothing, you don't even see that movie on any other app except VLC.

I never in my life needed to perform such task on iOS or android so I can't help you.

 

[Friendzone]

I never in my life needed to perform such task on iOS or android so I can't help you.

Lots of people watch movies on iPads and iPhones though. They shouldn't be forced to run through hoops if they want those videos from another source readable by any media player they want on their iPad instead of just one. If I have a video collection on a PC it doesn't matter what media player I happen to launch because the OS recognizes the file across the entire device. Same for any other OS. Except iOS. Being able to "write once, read anywhere" is such a basic core computing task, and iOS cannot perform it. And this applies to more than just video files used in my example.

Apple's answer to this is to force you to cloud compute by making it unnecessarily difficult and clunky to read/write local files across devices

 

[Applejunkie66]

I never in my life needed to perform such task on iOS or android so I can't help you.

I'm with you, I'm thinking WTF is this dude talking about lol!

 

[Friendzone]

I'm with you, I'm thinking WTF is this dude talking about lol!

You're on a tech forum and have difficulty grasping discussing loading a media file onto a device...

 

[tadpoles]

It seems like all phones have some "issue". You just have to find one with an "issue" you can happily live with.

 

[anon(9227267)]

It seems like all phones have some "issue". You just have to find one with an "issue" you can happily live with.

Just like people....

 

[Applejunkie66]

You're on a tech forum and have difficulty grasping discussing loading a media file onto a device...

OK you win.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Lots of people watch movies on iPads and iPhones though. They shouldn't be forced to run through hoops if they want those videos from another source readable by any media player they want on their iPad instead of just one. If I have a video collection on a PC it doesn't matter what media player I happen to launch because the OS recognizes the file across the entire device. Same for any other OS. Except iOS. Being able to "write once, read anywhere" is such a basic core computing task, and iOS cannot perform it. And this applies to more than just video files used in my example.

Apple's answer to this is to force you to cloud compute by making it unnecessarily difficult and clunky to read/write local files across devices

Plex​ is amazing for this particular task. You just need to plan a bit ahead of time to allow time for the conversion.

 

[Bartone]

The iPhone Camera and the Pixel camera are on par with each other for the most part, but the iPhone camera is slightly better as it has the dual-lense for clarity upon zooming, OIS, and a lessened halo effect. It also takes better photos in low-light conditions.

 

[abrahavt]

Lens flare is a function of the lens. Almost every lens can be made to flare when pointed at a certain angle to the source of light. The only lenses that dont have flare are the ones that cost a fortune (eg. Ziess, Leica etc.) and have special coatings to mitigate lens flare. From what I have read iPhone 7s flare too, maybe to a lesser extent.

 

[jamesrick80]

The iPhone Camera and the Pixel camera are on par with each other for the most part, but the iPhone camera is slightly better as it has the dual-lense for clarity upon zooming, OIS, and a lessened halo effect. It also takes better photos in low-light conditions.

Sorry the iphone camera doesnt even beat the Google pixel xl camera nor the s7 camera....

 

[562dope562]

My wife has the iphone 7 plus and I have the pixel xl and she says my low light pics are way better.

 

[hpilot]

Lens flare is a function of the lens. Almost every lens can be made to flare when pointed at a certain angle to the source of light. The only lenses that dont have flare are the ones that cost a fortune (eg. Ziess, Leica etc.) and have special coatings to mitigate lens flare. From what I have read iPhone 7s flare too, maybe to a lesser extent.

I have a $1200 Ziess Lens, and it comes with a hood to prevent flair. All lens have some flair.

 

[jam4775]

I think some people are just trying to find an excuse to not like the Pixel. While the Pixel doesn't stand out in the crowd... but it is a very well made phone. While the Pixel doesn't have some features that others do... but the things it does do it does better than pretty much any other phone out there.

That includes the camera... Last night and today I took pictures of light sources trying to produce this halo affect but I couldn't make it happen. So seems to me you have to be in just the right circumstances to make it happen.